§ 15:951 — Back on Track Youth Pilot Program

§951. Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
A. The Back on Track Youth Pilot Program is hereby established with the express
purpose of giving youths an option other than some form of criminal activity.
B. Within this program, youths shall be able to participate in programs that include
but are not limited to the following curriculum:
(1) Occupational or vocational training.
(2) Life skills.
(3) Healthy choices.
(4) Literacy instruction.
C.(1) This program shall be administered by selected nonprofit groups as well as the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Department of Children and Family
Services, the Department of Education, Louisiana Works, and the Louisiana Children's Trust
Fund Board.
(2) The Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board is hereby named as the intermediary
of the program with the authority to manage or administer funds and address any changes in
program funding as needed.
D. Eligibility shall be established based on a variety of criteria including but not
limited to any of the following:
(1) The income of the youth's family.
(2) Whether the youth is considered at risk with behavior that indicates aggression
or disruption, disciplinary problems, or delinquency.
(3) Demographic locations in the state.
E. For the purposes of this Section, "youth or youths" shall mean a person who has
attained at least sixteen years of age and not more than twenty-four years of age.

Legislative History

Acts 2024, No. 435, §1; Acts 2025, No. 209, §1.